Picko on 04 October 2008
| Zucas said: No not at all and there is no opinion otherwise that can change my opinion. Piracy causes prices in the market to be higher so no. |
Piracy doesn't cause prices to go up.
Think of it this way. People start pirating software, software prices go up, therefore piracy is more appealing, which leads to more piracy, which leads to software prices going up, which leads to more piracy, which leads to higher software prices, which leads to more piracy etc etc etc. In short, you are claiming that piracy causes a never ending price spiral for software.
Piracy is competition for the in store product. Competition lowers prices. Piracy lowers the in store prices. Raising the in store cost simply makes piracy a more appealing option for gamers. It is as simple as that.
Debating with fanboys, its not
all that dissimilar to banging ones
head against a wall
